CHENNAI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi made his youth outreach programme ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ held at Chennai’s Island Grounds, the platform to take on PM Narendra Modi led govt over its attempts to bring the delimitation bill in the garb of women’s reservation, alleging that delimitation was a design to punish Tamil Nadu and reduce its…
A sniper of Special Operations Group (SOG) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police in action during a search operation SRINAGAR: J&K Police Saturday said they have recovered a large cache of arms and ammunition in Sopore, around 60 km north of Srinagar, including two assault rifles, four pistols, a multi grenade launcher (MGL), three improvised…
NEW DELHI: India on Saturday termed the United Nations Human Rights Commission’s concern over the mass detention of protesters in Delhi as “misplaced” and said the right to peaceful assembly is guaranteed by the country’s Constitution.In a social media post on X, India at UN said the remarks by the Office of the United Nations…
Former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, former Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal and former Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar were among the opposition leaders detained while attempting to join the protest. All four have since been released. NEW DELHI: Delhi Police have released over 7,000 protesters detained across the capital…
Telangana’s chief minister A Revanth Reddy convened an urgent meeting to tackle the repercussions of El Niño, focusing on essential needs in agriculture, water, and electricity. Telangana chief minister, A Revanth Reddy on Saturday warned of a looming crisis due to El Nino and directed officials to prepare an action plan to meet the state’s…
West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari “We are set to win 42 out of 42 in the 2029 Lok Sabha election.” West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari had made this grandiose claim even before the Nandigram and Rejinagar bypoll results. A visibly buoyant Adhikari reiterated the target after his party swept both seats. Victories in both constituencies…
The Chennai event was part of the Congress’s nationwide ‘Chhatron Ki Goonj’ campaign NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP of silencing dissent, alleging that the internet was shut down in Delhi and students were beaten up during protests in the national…
Prof Angomcha Bimol Akoijam has been dismissed from Jawaharlal Nehru University due to sexual harassment allegations. NEW DELHI: BJP president Nitin Nabin on Saturday questioned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi‘s silence over sexual harassment allegations against Congress MP and professor Angomcha Bimol Akoijam.Accusing the Lok Sabha leader of the opposition of resorting to “loud slogans and…
Security personnel detain an activist during a protest organised by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over alleged electoral roll irregularities, at Connaught Place, in New Delhi. NEW DELHI: Stones were pelted at a bus carrying detained protesters in Delhi’s Jhandewalan area on Saturday as police…
NEW DELHI: At least two Delhi Police personnel, including a member of the all-women Pink Force, were injured as around 1,000 protesters were detained at various locations across the national capital on Saturday.The detentions came as protesters attempted to march to Jantar Mantar, Delhi’s designated protest site, to demonstrate against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh…
